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Labour Market Agreements

To increase labour market participation of groups that are under-represented in Canada’s labour force and to enhance the employability and skills of the labour force, the Government of Canada has entered into bilateral Labour Market Agreements (LMAs) with provinces and territories. Through these agreements, the Government provides funding for provincial and territorial labour market programs and services for:

  • unemployed persons who are not eligible for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits
  • employed persons who do not have a high school diploma or recognized certification, or have low levels of literacy and essential skills

Under these agreements, provinces and territories determine the priorities for funding and decide how the funding is allocated in order to meet the needs of their particular labour markets.

See below for detailed provincial and territorial information:

Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Newfoundland and Labrador | Northwest Territories | Nova Scotia | Nunavut | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Québec | Saskatchewan | Yukon


LMAs complement Labour Market Development Agreements (LMDAs), which fund labour market programs and services for unemployed Canadians, particularly those who are eligible for EI benefits.

All provinces and territories have bilateral LMAs.

Total investment

The Government has committed $3 billion over six years to the LMAs—an investment of $500 million per year from fiscal year 2008-09 to 2013-14.

Reporting

Each LMA includes the province’s or territory’s high-level multi-year plan on its priorities and investments for the entire period of LMA funding.

Each year, the province or territory also:

  • publishes a more detailed annual plan, outlining its
    • priorities,
    • objectives,
    • planned activities, and
    • projected expenditures for the year; and
  • reports to its citizens on the results achieved in the previous year.

For provincial or territorial plans and reports, refer to:

The Government of Canada's national report on Labour Market Agreement activities and results is available following the publication of the provincial-territorial reports.

National report for 2008-09 and 2009-10 (HTML) (PDF)

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Date Modified:
2011-10-12